The Clue
Yonkers race (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PACE
Tags
Notes
The answer PACE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clip
With deference to
Gait
Speed
Step
Stride
Tempo
Double time, for one
Dueler's unit
Horse's motion
Jog, e.g.
Meadowlands event
Meadowlands gait
Measure on foot
N.Y. university
Part of R.I.P.
Set the speed
Show worry
University in N.Y.C.
Walk the floor
Walk nervously
Walking tempo
Whitten's "A Killing ___"
Await delivery anxiously
It's set by a runner
A lap a minute, e.g.
New York university
The "P" in a Latin R.I.P.
Show restlessness, in a way
Walk back and forth
Kind of car seen at Indy
Les Whitten's "A Killing ___": 1983
Walk a hole in the carpet, maybe
Wear out the carpet, maybe
Work off nervous energy, in a way
Definition
PACE as a noun:
1. (pace, gait) = the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
2. (footstep, pace, step, stride) = the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
3. (pace, rate) = the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
4. (pace, stride, tread) = a step in walking or running
5. (tempo, pace) = the rate of some repeating event
6. (yard, pace) = a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
PACE as a verb:
1. walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall"
2. go at a pace; "The horse paced"
3. (pace, step) = measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
4. regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"